occupational health and safety inspector

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/673f3266-ab1a-447d-9b28-fc5838dc07e3

Description

Occupational health and safety inspectors perform workplace audits to ensure compliance with government and environment legislation. They also investigate work accidents. Occupational health and safety inspectors interview employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules, inspect the physical work site and analyse legal paperwork.

Hierarchy

3 · Technicians and associate professionals → 32 · Health associate professionals → 325 · Other health associate professionals → 3257 · Environmental and occupational health inspectors and associates

Related skills

adhere to OHSAS 18001 (essential · skill/competence)
advise on risk management (essential · skill/competence)
apply health and safety standards (essential · skill/competence)
assist employee health programmes (essential · skill/competence)
audit techniques (essential · knowledge)
communicate health and safety measures (essential · skill/competence)
conduct research interview (essential · skill/competence)
conduct workplace audits (essential · skill/competence)
document safety actions (essential · skill/competence)
ensure annual safety inspections (essential · skill/competence)
follow safety precautions in work practices (essential · skill/competence)
foster compliance with health and safety rules by setting an example (essential · skill/competence)
health and safety in the workplace (essential · knowledge)
health and safety regulations (essential · knowledge)
health, safety and hygiene legislation (essential · knowledge)
identify hazards in the workplace (essential · skill/competence)
identify policy breach (essential · skill/competence)
inform on workplace safety standards (essential · skill/competence)
instruct on safety measures (essential · skill/competence)
interview techniques (essential · knowledge)
investigate occupational injuries (essential · skill/competence)
lead inspections (essential · skill/competence)
make health, safety and environment assessments (essential · skill/competence)
manage health and safety (essential · skill/competence)
monitor employee's health (essential · skill/competence)
monitor legislation developments (essential · skill/competence)
occupational health (essential · knowledge)
plan health and safety procedures (essential · skill/competence)
prepare audit activities (essential · skill/competence)
prevent health and safety problems (essential · skill/competence)
prevent work accidents (essential · skill/competence)
promote health and safety (essential · skill/competence)
promote health and safety policies in health services (essential · skill/competence)
risk management (essential · knowledge)
act with a high level of safety awareness (optional · skill/competence)
apply safety management (optional · skill/competence)
assess ergonomics of the workplace (optional · skill/competence)
balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns (optional · skill/competence)
cleaning industry health and safety measures (optional · knowledge)
draw up risk assessment (optional · skill/competence)
educate employees on occupational hazards (optional · skill/competence)
employment law (optional · knowledge)
ensure compliance with environmental legislation (optional · skill/competence)
ensure health and safety in manufacturing (optional · skill/competence)
ensure health and safety of staff (optional · skill/competence)
ensure safety in hospitality establishment (optional · skill/competence)
environmental legislation (optional · knowledge)
first aid (optional · knowledge)
follow health and safety procedures in construction (optional · skill/competence)
follow safety procedures when working at heights (optional · skill/competence)
follow up on safety breaches (optional · skill/competence)
framework for a safety management system (optional · knowledge)
incidents and accidents recording (optional · knowledge)
issue licences (optional · skill/competence)
labour legislation (optional · knowledge)
manage health and safety standards (optional · skill/competence)
pollution legislation (optional · knowledge)
provide improvement strategies (optional · skill/competence)
provide on-board safety training (optional · skill/competence)
safety regulations for warehouses (optional · knowledge)
train staff in safety procedures (optional · skill/competence)

Details

Base · occupation_urihttp://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/673f3266-ab1a-447d-9b28-fc5838dc07e3

Base · occupation_code3257.5

Base · is_in_filter1

Base · is_ancestor0

Base · is_featured1

Translation · preferred_labeloccupational health and safety inspector

Translation · alt_labelssafety officer
environmental health inspector
health and safety inspector
environmental health officer
factory inspector
HSE inspector
regulatory health and safety inspector
workplace health and safety inspector

Translation · descriptionOccupational health and safety inspectors perform workplace audits to ensure compliance with government and environment legislation. They also investigate work accidents. Occupational health and safety inspectors interview employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules, inspect the physical work site and analyse legal paperwork.